Chapter 65: Between the Greenery
Noticing the problem with one of the trees first, Melissa turned her knife sideways, stared intently at the surface of the straight stake, and slowly spoke.
"It's hollow inside, and it's very hollow to listen to. I can just cut the outer shell on the surface and make a small hole first. ”
With a movement of her wrist, the sharp blade slashed lightly across the bark, leaving a faint and even scar mark.
With this action, Captain Blue Eagle told everyone that his sword skills were very good, and he didn't have to worry about destroying clues.
Several people quickly came to an agreement.
Soon, there was a pitch-black hole in the stake, about the size of a palm.
Austin pinched a fire starter to light up the hole, but all he could see was a wrinkled tan.
"What is this, rags?"
The others were still puzzled, and Melissa was also ready to make another cut, but Mogan's eyes froze because of this insignificant vision, and his face suddenly became solemn.
"Cut it straight open, and there's a person inside."
Although her expression was not very convinced, Melissa was very decisive, and with a wave of her hand, she opened a large hole in the stump, and the person curled up in it with her eyes closed also revealed her whole body.
"Dead?"
Austin's face turned bad and he took a half step back.
"Alive, not breathing, maybe under magic." Vaguely seeing the rise and fall of the man's chest, Mogan explained why he was so quick to know, "This piece of clothing is the uniform of the inspector of the port of St. Lun. ”
He had seen it once near the beach, and naturally he had a basic memory.
Melissa stood at the front, seeing that the unknown living person was curled up in a stable state and assured of his safety, not like he needed emergency rescue, so she took a closer look.
"It's cold nearby...... Frozen? ”
Captain Blue Eagle knows nothing about magic.
But the captain knew the truth of the special person, and there were still people behind him who wanted to get closer, so she immediately moved the nest.
"I'll come." Lucifer spoke decisively.
Healing magic is a type of light magic, and it's not uncommon for His Majesty the King to do this. Human lives are at stake, and Mogan will not stop them in this situation.
But the problem remains. Because Mogan had already discovered that Austin had noticed Lucifer's unusual magical abilities.
Austin is an experienced mage, and he may have discovered that "Mr. Jahn Warren" was the one who froze the tsunami.
But sitting back is not a good option.
So Mogan had no choice but to try to divert Austin's attention when His Majesty was casting healing magic and the white light was shining.
"This man is indeed the Inquisitor of Saint-Lun Harbor, a subordinate of Chief Inspector Elaberg, who appeared on the beach after your troubles before."
"You know?"
Austin narrowed his eyes. Regarding the previous seaside incident, he was not so easy to let go.
“…… Together with a female inspector, she was in charge of inquiring about the situation while evacuating the crowd. It's just far away from the center of the crowd, so I may not have met with you. ”
Although it may seem like nonsense, Mogan really didn't make it up. He just happened to remember who had appeared, because he didn't want to miss any clues.
But even if he hadn't seen the man's face, Mogan felt that he should be able to make up a lie.
The question he was concerned about now was how the inspector, who had been asking questions on the beach two days ago, had come here.
Even if there was an accident on the way to investigate the cargo ship, it would not have been so long to the bottom of the ship.
- It took them half an archmage to enter the fear amplified by the magic of this space from the bottom three floors of the ship.
At this time, under Lucifer's continuous healing, the face of the person outlined by the holy light attached to the healing magic gradually turned bloody, and he looked much healthier.
"It's supposed to be a kind of bionic magic used for hunting......," Lucifer said his guess, "it's similar to hibernation, and it can have side effects on people, but I've tried to get him back to the best I can." ”
"Is this witchcraft?" Austin frowned.
Witchcraft is often used to refer to the use of unorthodox, less ethically acceptable spells, than ordinary spells.
The same is true for wizards versus mages.
But there is also a saying that wizards have a wider range of abilities than mages, and should only be mages with more remote and secluded learning content, and should not be regarded as heretical.
But compared to a few hundred years ago, when any mage other than a wizard outside of the canonical list of the study country was made a wizard and wanted for it, wizard today is more akin to an alienating neutral word.
"It can't be said that it can't be used on people, because the physique of the human race is different from that of animals and other races."
Lucifer pondered the way he worded it.
"Combined with the actual situation, this person's health is good, better than ordinary people, and there should not be too serious reactions. But I don't know why, it seems a little too fast......"
What's too fast?
Seeing that His Majesty lowered his head in confusion, Mogan was also curious.
At this moment, the man cowering in the stake actually opened his eyes.
"Wake up?"
Melissa was surprised.
It was no different from a dead man just now, and now it only took a few seconds to open his eyes, either Mr. "Jaon Warren" had a wonderful rejuvenation, or there was something wrong.
Lucifer calmly made a judgment, "Something is wrong. ”
Austin gritted her teeth and spoke at Melissa, "You should know that red eyes are a bad omen...... Actually, it's not me, it's glowing. ”
Mogan couldn't agree more.
There are similar rumors in the ancient books of the Kingdom of Cole, and the red light bursting from the pupils is either a fire dragon that transforms the dragon's pupils before the battle, or it is a sign of a creature's temperament that has changed dramatically and goes berserk directly.
- Neither of them is a good match.
"You know, all the krakens I killed in the Star Dome Sea are glowing." Melissa was calm, and only turned over the knife she was still holding in her hand, "Otherwise, I'd already start to get close." ”
Although they were prepared, several people wanted to see what was going to happen, and they were not worried about any danger, so they took two steps back, almost to release the people.
I saw that the legs of the people in the tree twitched slightly, and slowly leaned out of the trunk and began to straighten.
"Relatively healthy, exercise normally."
Lucifer's tone sounded like an expert consultation to Mogan.
"The Terran's ability to develop legs is not as good as that of our mermen." Austin played normally, with a disdainful expression, "With such flexible limbs, half of them can't swim, and they vote for themselves to be the 'smartest race'?" Amusing. ”
Melissa smacked her lips, "I think it's pretty neat." Did you drink a potion? It's like keeping up with clockwork. ”
Mo Gan, who stood aside and said nothing, thought in his heart, if the brother in the stump was in a rational state now, I am afraid that he would have to be angry enough.
The man in the tree stood up, and without saying a word, his eyes were red and shining, but he had no figure, and he walked out.
The inspector raised his hand, and the words came out of his mouth.
"Spells?"
Captain Blue Eagle is a captain who has seen the world, the first mate who was forcibly pulled into the group is the first mate who hates the Terrans, and His Majesty the King is a wizard who is not skilled.
I don't know when he came to the front with a light step, Lucifer directly stretched out his index finger, leaned over and raised his hand against the forehead of the person in the stump.
He looked completely straight into the round eyes, and saw that Melissa had turned the back of the knife back, thinking about whether to pull it in time for danger.
After an instant, the figure in the tree was fixed and fell again.
After all, a wind blade was condensed in his hand...... Or half a wind blade, just like that, shot in the direction of the finger that was not lifted, and scratched a small grass on the ridge of the field.
Maybe it's a magic herb.
"This is still a mage?" Austin was full of doubts, "The mages of the Cole Kingdom, is there a little too much?" ”
From the Mage's Guild to the Inquisitor, this is a lot of money.
Mo Gan coughed dryly, "The Inspector doesn't actually require force, but an area needs enough preparation power, mostly warriors, and a small number of mages. ”
"You seem to understand?"
Austin turned her gaze to him.
"This is the common sense of the Kol Kingdom, I am from the royal capital."
Seeing that the businessman's expression was sincere and not like a fake, Austin also turned his face to look at the fainted Terran who was caught by Lucifer and temporarily placed in a flat lying position on the ground.
"Psychic magic." The king replied decisively, "This kind of magic, which should be considered a branch of light magic, was once in the list of decent magic as a type of healing magic, but now it is not so. ”
Now, more people classify it as witchcraft.
Silently completing the king's consideration of the situation, without finishing a word, Mogan turned his head to check the surroundings.
Even when the four of them looked at each other just now, His Majesty the King was also aware of this, so he would use mind magic to counter the same magic to inflict minimal damage.
But it's incomprehensible to put an out-of-control unconscious mage in a stake out of thin air - especially since this person was still on the beach two days ago, and should belong to the kingdom of Cole.
Obviously an unexpected factor, not in the plan.
Mogan is good at spotting variables, looking for them and using them all the time.
Because of this, his gaze fell on the blade of grass that had been touched by half of the wind blade just now, and then his pupils shrank.